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The man who pitted Ralph Sampson and Patrick Ewing against each other for the first time as college stars and helped briefly revive the Maryland-Georgetown rivalry is bringing the Terps back to Baltimore. Longtime promoter Russ Potts, who graduated from Maryland in 1964 and later worked in the athletic department, said Monday that the Terps will play Princeton Dec. 19 at Royal Farms Arena. The contract is waiting final approval by Maryland. Even the 76-year-old Potts seemed genuinely surprised to hear the Terps had not played in Baltimore since the 1999-2000 season, when Maryland beat Iowa in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge. “I had no idea,” Potts said. “That’s...

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